“After quite a lengthy break in releasing the illegally detained some shifts we’ve been looking forward to have happened at last. On 20 February ten people were released, including six by the Ukrainian government and four by individual districts of Donetsk Oblast,” said Martin Sajdik. …read more Source:...

Martin Sajdik said: “The Ukrainian side has confirmed they are ready to open a checkpoint for automobiles and humanitarian cargoes near the population center of Zolotoye. If security conditions are met, the checkpoint will be opened in early March.” …read more Source:...

Investigative team says it can link Russian soldiers to missile thought to have downed Malaysia Airlines flight in 2014A British-led online investigative team says it has identified Russian soldiers linked to a surface-to-air missile suspected of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014.The Bellingcat report paints a picture of up...

US moved warships out of Russia’s way. Germany urged Ukraine not to fight – newly-published minutes of a Kiev crisis meeting in 2014 show how the West let Putin seize Crimea out of “fear.” …read more Source:...

Growing number accused of high treason suggests return to the suspicion of the 1990s. Meduza reportsIn the years preceding the war in eastern Ukraine, just a handful of people had been charged and jailed for high treason in Russia. But with more than 20 cases of “crimes against the state” pursued in the last year alone, it seems spy mania has...

The head of the Russian army and President Vladimir Putin made the decision to send the BUK missile system that shot down flight MH17 to the front in Ukraine. They are therefore responsible for the MH17 disaster, according to international research collective Bellingcat in a report they published on Wednesday The post Report: Russia leaders sent...